Quotes About Fulfillment

You know, when you wait for something you really want, it makes it even more special when you finally get it.

There's something inherently disappointing about success,' from Topsy-Turvy, a Mike Leigh film about Gilbert and Sullivan.

I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them.

I think I make films to help bolster and feed the part of me that wants to remain in a positive relationship with the world and to engage in it. So hopefully in non-sentimental ways, I'm trying to make something that helps make me happy.

Popularidad es cuando tú le agradas a otras personas. La Felicidad es cuando tú te agradas a ti mismo.

I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not going to deny myself that. I think I'd be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do.

Our ability to surrender in life is directly related to the amount of peace and fulfillment we experience.

People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they're the happiest people I know.

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.

Work is where we form a sense of identity. It is how we leverage the skills and experience we have gained over the years, and where we can see the results of our efforts. You don't have to be a champion skier, the CEO of a global corporation, or a rock star for your labors to have personal significance. You just have to connect with your work in a way that provides meaning and a sense of overall purpose.

Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it." Stephen Hawking

People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

Working is living to me.

Why try to pursue what is completed?

Különös az, ha nagy szerencse éri az embert, hogy az els? vágya (mert vágya még mindig marad, ha minden vágya betelt is) a közlés; a harsonákat szeretné megfúvatni, heroldok kiáltsák ki a nagy esetet, hallja az egész világ.

No, no, no, no, no. Sex should not be fun, okay? Sex can be lots of things - thrilling, romantic, scary, mindless, dirty, dangerous, frantic, forbidden, freaky - but if you're finding it 'fun,' you're doing it wrong.

And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.

And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.

Most of us haven't begun to tap our own potential; we're operating way below capacity. And we'll continue as long as we are looking for someone to give us the key to the kingdom. We must realize that the kingdom is in us; and we already have the key. It's as if we're waiting for permission to start fully living.

If you want to take a good shit, you have to eat a good meal.

La vita umana è una strana cosa: la meta non si trova alla fine, bensì a metà strada; corri, ma forse hai oltrepassato da tempo il segno d'arrivo senza sapere, senza accorgerti che l'hai fatto né quando, e forse non lo saprai mai. Perciò continui a correre.

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might-have been has never been, but a has was once an are.